From a diplomat's point of view, the trouble with representing a pariah nation is, you don't get invited to many parties, and so have time to kill.

From a diplomat's point of view, the trouble with representing a pariah nation is, you don't get invited to many parties, and so have time to kill. The devil being a well-known employer of idle hands, mischief follows. This seems the most charitable explanation for a string of misdemeanors by Israeli diplomats. The other day, Tzuriel Refael, Israel's ambassador to El Salvador, was found in the embassy compound, bound and gagged, wearing nothing but some minimalist sadomasochistic accessories. Refael was able to identify himself to police, though only after a rubber ball had been removed from his mouth. This follows last year's recall of the Israeli ambassador to Australia, who had publicly observed that Israel and Australia are kin because both are located in Asia yet their peoples don't have "yellow skin and slanted eyes." Before that was the 2005 scandal involving a member of Israel's mission in Brazil, who published pornographic pictures on the Internet. And before that, in 2000, was the case of Israel's ambassador to France, who died from a heart attack in a Paris hotel room with a woman not his wife. For goodness' sake, give these guys something to do.